It's amazing how easily people can be talked into believing that something is true. If you say it with enough certainty or determination, they'll accept it as truth. (Or at the very least, they'll accept it as something that's probably true.) If it comes from a teacher than it's extremely "believable," even if what the teacher is saying does not relate to their subject whatsoever.
Because yes of course, if a history teacher says something happened in history, the student believes them. If an english teacher points out a symbol in a book, the student agrees. If a math teacher explains the way things work in algebra, the student accepts this.
I'm not the kind of person who says "nothing is true." I'm the kind of person who needs to be absolutely certain before she will agree that something is true.
Truth is a major deal to me, and has been my entire life. If a statement doesn't line up with what I know to be true than I will disregard it, no matter who said it. I love learning new things, but I won't just accept anything as new and important information.
Kids in my class hear things from teachers and say, "Wow, he/she is so smart!" And I wouldn't disagree. I believe that all my teachers are brilliant people. But that doesn't mean they aren't fallible.
Just because they have a lot of opinions, doesn't mean they're always right.
Come on guys, think for yourselves.
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